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Chapter 292: At the Auction Time
A grand auction is about to begin, and nobles, large and small, have begun to enter the auction venue one after another.

The entrance of the venue is also very strange. At the end of the corridor, there is a stone-carved griffin head. Just walk into its mouth. Although walking in is like being buried in the mouth of a lion, but for Ruby who has the experience of being buried in the stomach of a bear It's not a difficult experience to say the least.

After Ruby and Ryan walked into the mouth of the stone griffin, they casually looked around. There was only one stone pillar in the empty space. The magic crystal card, which printed all the information of Duke Mante, was sent to the real auction venue by the opened teleportation array after it was placed on the stone pillar to complete the "swipe card" action.

"It's still the VIP room."

After Ruby landed, he found that he was not in a spacious conference hall, but a private room with only one single seat, and a clear floor-to-ceiling window in front of the seat, from which he could see all the outside scenes.

The place where they are located is about the height of the second floor. Looking down, you can clearly see the ornately decorated auction table. Below the auction table are the seats of some little nobles. There are still many maids waiting to be dispatched. Although they are not qualified to set up private rooms, they can still sit and chat with their partners.

Ruby looked at it for a while and then looked away. The VIP room without lights was a little dim. Ryan didn't like this environment very much. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Ruby put the card in his hand into the groove on the armrest of the seat , lighting up the magic crystal lamp set in the room like a switch.

"Is that how it's used?"

Ryan did not expect that the Griffon Empire had such technology. After the magic crystal lamp was lit, the service system here also started to operate. A section of the floor rose from the bottom and unfolded automatically, revealing the exquisite drinks and food inside.

'Meow! '

Naz, who had been hiding in Ryan's arms all this time, smelled the smell of food, poked his head out, let out a cat-like cry without majesty, and then flew into the food on the table to feast on, letting Ruby give the cat The lion is labeled as a foodie like his own daughter.

"This? Human beings will develop more and more convenient systems sooner or later to make life more convenient, and the same is true for the wizarding world."

Ruby shook the card in his hand. This is a special product of the Griffin Empire. The black magic is not all bad. This card can be used as both an ID card and a bank card. He is not surprised by the strange world. Things like this will develop, and people will always become lazier, and many things are designed for the convenience of lazy people.

"Great nobles, welcome to the Holy Lion Auction House. I am your friend No. 11."

In order to maintain a sense of mystery, the lights in this venue are not bright, not counting the VIP room where Ruby is. The environment below is a bit dim. An auctioneer wearing a mask opened his arms and made a welcome gesture to all the guests, and then spoke some uninspired official words.

"The first item, the king's crown of the ancient Allen Kingdom, has a starting price of 1000 million gold coins."

As the final product, the elf girl will not be auctioned as soon as it comes up. Lu Bi saw that auctioneer No. 11 moved his hands slightly and put a round crown on the display stand. This is probably an antique. , but because of the distance, Ruby couldn't see its specific appearance, so he fiddled with the armrest of the chair a few times, and soon a display stand that was the same as the one on the auction stage rose from the ground, the crown The whole picture of him also appeared in front of Ruby like a holographic projection.

"fake."

Ruby took a few glances and then looked away. Auction houses all over the world will not guarantee that the sold goods must be genuine, which is why fake goods are rampant.

“How come you see?”

Ryan asked with great interest. In his opinion, the workmanship of this crown is indeed very exquisite. The crown made of pure gold is not so much a crown, but a bit like a mask. Its shape is not as simple as a gold ring, but in the A rectangular piece of gold was pasted on the front of the ring, which could probably cover half of the face when worn, and a beautiful palace was engraved on the mask, which was no worse than the current dwarven craftsmanship.

"According to the legend, King Allen was a tyrant. In the end, the people were overwhelmed and rebelled against his rule. After the rebel army invaded his palace, he himself was cut in half by a wind blade magic. The crown he has been wearing is naturally It also became two halves."

"So the crown is supposed to be split?"

Ryan himself has never heard of this kind of history that has never been written in a book. After listening to Ruby's explanation, he asked suspiciously,

"No, after the death of King Allen, the crown ran away in full view. It was true that golden worm feet grew from under the mask and ran away. No one knows whether it is a creature or metal. It’s still an unsolved mystery.”

Ruby smiled. He likes to study such unscientific things. The existence of such strange things is the true nature of the different world.

“Sounds scary”

Ryan always felt that Ruby's smile had something to do with it. Coupled with this terrifying legend, even he felt a little intrusive.

"Ah, by the way, this thing is now in an old woman's collection room, and it seems to be banging my head against the iron box that restricts its movements every day."

"Just say that you have seen the real thing!"

Ryan complained speechlessly, and then the two of them quietly watched the fake crown being bought for 2000 million gold coins, and then auctioneer No. Bringing a wave of rhythm will inevitably cause the dissatisfaction of the nobles, which also explains why his name and appearance have to be kept secret.

"Today's tenth item, an unknown piece of jade, has a starting price of 100 million gold coins."

Auctioneer No. 11 flipped his palm and placed a round piece of jade on the display stand. Ruby also immediately had a holographic projection of it. It looked about the size of a palm, and its thickness was about one centimeter.

"You nobles may be wondering what is so special about this product. To be honest, I don't know. I can only tell you that this piece of jade was once intact under the attack of the forbidden spell. I don't know anything else. Interested nobles buy it. It’s also good to make a talisman at home.”

Auctioneer No. 11 explained the origin of this piece of jade with a smile on his face. As for how many people believe him, he doesn't know. The auction house is like this. There will always be some things that they don't understand the value of. Put it up to see if anyone is interested in buying it.

"Why does this thing look familiar?"

Ruby fell into deep thought while looking at this piece of jade, and said subconsciously, he felt that this thing looked familiar, but he couldn't tell where he had seen it before.

"Is this what you said?"

Ruby's good assistant, Dragon, opened his eyes, spit out a square piece of jade from the storage space in his body, and dropped it into Ruby's hand.

"Are they a set?"

Seeing this thing, Ruby remembered its origin. It was the loot that Moyuna hacked after Driss rescued the mayor of the town. This thing had been piled up in his hands for almost two years. It's a shame that this foreshadowing can be recovered now.
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PS, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone. It’s really too busy to spend the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival together. Today is wedding and dinner. After updating this chapter, I will go out again. I don’t know if there will be Chapter 2 tonight, sorry
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